POLICE LINES: Excerpts from area police logs

Erratic operators and empty luggage and other excerpts from area police logs April 28-May 5.

Erratic operators, empty luggage and other excerpts from area police logs April 28-May 5.

CONCORD -- At 9:01 p.m. on April 28, a caller reported an erratic operator on Route 62 headed towards Monument Square. The motor vehicle was stopped. Investigation found the operator has recently obtained her license and was getting a driving lesson from her grandfather.

WINCHESTER – At 6:18 p.m. on April 28, police responded to a report of found property. An officer spoke to the residents, who said they found an empty suitcase on their front steps that evening. Police took the suitcase to the station for safekeeping.

MAYNARD -- 8:46 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, police reported an erratic operator on Summer Street. The operator showed no signs of impairment and stated she was avoiding potholes.

BILLERICA – At 8:38 p.m. on May 1, a Boston Road business reported a man wearing green pantyhose on his head walking around the store.

BELMONT -- 11:13 p.m. on Friday, May 2, an employee at an auto repair shop was working on a running 2003 Toyota, when he heard someone shut the hood and drive away in the car. An officer saw a car matching the description and engaged in pursuit to Cambridge, where the pursuit was called off for the safety of the public. The motorist was driving on sidewalks and over curbs at a high speed. The car was eventually recovered in East Boston on Saturday, May 3.

ARLINGTON -- At 12:48 p.m. on Monday, May 5, police received a report that a man had dropped off an elderly relative’s car to a gas station on Mass. Ave. in early March, asking that it be repaired or sold if there was a customer interested in buying it. The man reported to police that the car was no longer at the gas station and he could not get a clear answer on what happened to it. Police questioned the gas station owner, who said a customer asked to test drive the vehicle the week it arrived at the gas station, but she never returned it. Police will file a complaint for larceny over $250 by false pretences against the woman.